Bill Text: FL S0248 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Public Records/Office of Financial Regulation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 243 (Ch. 2017-53) [S0248 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S0248-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 248
       
       
        
       By Senator Broxson
       
       1-00219-17                                             2017248__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public records; amending s.
    3         119.071, F.S.; providing an exemption from public
    4         records requirements for the personal identifying and
    5         location information of certain nonsworn investigative
    6         personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation and
    7         the names and personal identifying and location
    8         information of the spouses and children of such
    9         personnel; providing for future review and repeal of
   10         the exemption; providing a statement of public
   11         necessity; providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
   16  119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
   18  public records.—
   19         (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.—
   20         (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “telephone
   21  numbers” includes home telephone numbers, personal cellular
   22  telephone numbers, personal pager telephone numbers, and
   23  telephone numbers associated with personal communications
   24  devices.
   25         2.a.(I) The home addresses, telephone numbers, social
   26  security numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of active or
   27  former sworn or civilian law enforcement personnel, including
   28  correctional and correctional probation officers, personnel of
   29  the Department of Children and Families whose duties include the
   30  investigation of abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or
   31  other criminal activities, personnel of the Department of Health
   32  whose duties are to support the investigation of child abuse or
   33  neglect, and personnel of the Department of Revenue or local
   34  governments whose responsibilities include revenue collection
   35  and enforcement or child support enforcement; the home
   36  addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers,
   37  photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the
   38  spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
   39  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
   40  children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1).
   41         (II) The names of the spouses and children of active or
   42  former sworn or civilian law enforcement personnel and the other
   43  specified agency personnel identified in sub-sub-subparagraph
   44  (I) are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the
   45  State Constitution.
   46         (III) Sub-sub-subparagraph (II) is subject to the Open
   47  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and
   48  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2018, unless reviewed and
   49  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   50         (IV) The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   51  and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative
   52  personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties
   53  include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation
   54  coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal
   55  activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the
   56  names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
   57  places of employment of the spouses and children of such
   58  personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
   59  facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
   60  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   61  Constitution. This sub-sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open
   62  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and
   63  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2021, unless reviewed and
   64  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   65         (V) The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   66  and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative
   67  personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation’s Bureau of
   68  Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation
   69  of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state
   70  regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses,
   71  telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
   72  the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
   73  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
   74  children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   75  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This sub-sub
   76  subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act
   77  in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October
   78  2, 2022, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
   79  reenactment by the Legislature.
   80         b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   81  and photographs of firefighters certified in compliance with s.
   82  633.408; the home addresses, telephone numbers, photographs,
   83  dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and
   84  children of such firefighters; and the names and locations of
   85  schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such
   86  firefighters are exempt from s. 119.07(1).
   87         c. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone
   88  numbers of current or former justices of the Supreme Court,
   89  district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, and
   90  county court judges; the home addresses, telephone numbers,
   91  dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and
   92  children of current or former justices and judges; and the names
   93  and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
   94  children of current or former justices and judges are exempt
   95  from s. 119.07(1).
   96         d.(I) The home addresses, telephone numbers, social
   97  security numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or
   98  former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide
   99  prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors; the home
  100  addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers,
  101  photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the
  102  spouses and children of current or former state attorneys,
  103  assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant
  104  statewide prosecutors; and the names and locations of schools
  105  and day care facilities attended by the children of current or
  106  former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide
  107  prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors are exempt from
  108  s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  109         (II) The names of the spouses and children of current or
  110  former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide
  111  prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors are exempt from
  112  s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  113         (III) Sub-sub-subparagraph (II) is subject to the Open
  114  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and
  115  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2018, unless reviewed and
  116  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
  117         e. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone
  118  numbers of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of
  119  compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division
  120  of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement
  121  hearing officers; the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates
  122  of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children
  123  of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of
  124  compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division
  125  of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement
  126  hearing officers; and the names and locations of schools and day
  127  care facilities attended by the children of general magistrates,
  128  special magistrates, judges of compensation claims,
  129  administrative law judges of the Division of Administrative
  130  Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers are
  131  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  132  Constitution if the general magistrate, special magistrate,
  133  judge of compensation claims, administrative law judge of the
  134  Division of Administrative Hearings, or child support hearing
  135  officer provides a written statement that the general
  136  magistrate, special magistrate, judge of compensation claims,
  137  administrative law judge of the Division of Administrative
  138  Hearings, or child support hearing officer has made reasonable
  139  efforts to protect such information from being accessible
  140  through other means available to the public.
  141         f. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  142  and photographs of current or former human resource, labor
  143  relations, or employee relations directors, assistant directors,
  144  managers, or assistant managers of any local government agency
  145  or water management district whose duties include hiring and
  146  firing employees, labor contract negotiation, administration, or
  147  other personnel-related duties; the names, home addresses,
  148  telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
  149  the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
  150  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
  151  children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
  152  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  153         g. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  154  and photographs of current or former code enforcement officers;
  155  the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  156  and places of employment of the spouses and children of such
  157  personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
  158  facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
  159  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  160  Constitution.
  161         h. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of
  162  employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former
  163  guardians ad litem, as defined in s. 39.820; the names, home
  164  addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of
  165  employment of the spouses and children of such persons; and the
  166  names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended
  167  by the children of such persons are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and
  168  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, if the guardian ad
  169  litem provides a written statement that the guardian ad litem
  170  has made reasonable efforts to protect such information from
  171  being accessible through other means available to the public.
  172         i. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  173  and photographs of current or former juvenile probation
  174  officers, juvenile probation supervisors, detention
  175  superintendents, assistant detention superintendents, juvenile
  176  justice detention officers I and II, juvenile justice detention
  177  officer supervisors, juvenile justice residential officers,
  178  juvenile justice residential officer supervisors I and II,
  179  juvenile justice counselors, juvenile justice counselor
  180  supervisors, human services counselor administrators, senior
  181  human services counselor administrators, rehabilitation
  182  therapists, and social services counselors of the Department of
  183  Juvenile Justice; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
  184  dates of birth, and places of employment of spouses and children
  185  of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and
  186  day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel
  187  are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  188  Constitution.
  189         j.(I) The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of
  190  birth, and photographs of current or former public defenders,
  191  assistant public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional
  192  counsel, and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional
  193  counsel; the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  194  and places of employment of the spouses and children of such
  195  defenders or counsel; and the names and locations of schools and
  196  day care facilities attended by the children of such defenders
  197  or counsel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of
  198  the State Constitution.
  199         (II) The names of the spouses and children of the specified
  200  agency personnel identified in sub-sub-subparagraph (I) are
  201  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  202  Constitution. This sub-sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open
  203  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and
  204  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2019, unless reviewed and
  205  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
  206         k. The home addresses, telephone numbers, and photographs
  207  of current or former investigators or inspectors of the
  208  Department of Business and Professional Regulation; the names,
  209  home addresses, telephone numbers, and places of employment of
  210  the spouses and children of such current or former investigators
  211  and inspectors; and the names and locations of schools and day
  212  care facilities attended by the children of such current or
  213  former investigators and inspectors are exempt from s. 119.07(1)
  214  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution if the
  215  investigator or inspector has made reasonable efforts to protect
  216  such information from being accessible through other means
  217  available to the public. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the
  218  Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15
  219  and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and
  220  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
  221         l. The home addresses and telephone numbers of county tax
  222  collectors; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and
  223  places of employment of the spouses and children of such tax
  224  collectors; and the names and locations of schools and day care
  225  facilities attended by the children of such tax collectors are
  226  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  227  Constitution if the county tax collector has made reasonable
  228  efforts to protect such information from being accessible
  229  through other means available to the public. This sub
  230  subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act
  231  in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October
  232  2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
  233  reenactment by the Legislature.
  234         m. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  235  and photographs of current or former personnel of the Department
  236  of Health whose duties include, or result in, the determination
  237  or adjudication of eligibility for social security disability
  238  benefits, the investigation or prosecution of complaints filed
  239  against health care practitioners, or the inspection of health
  240  care practitioners or health care facilities licensed by the
  241  Department of Health; the names, home addresses, telephone
  242  numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses
  243  and children of such personnel; and the names and locations of
  244  schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such
  245  personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of
  246  the State Constitution if the personnel have made reasonable
  247  efforts to protect such information from being accessible
  248  through other means available to the public. This sub
  249  subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act
  250  in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October
  251  2, 2019, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
  252  reenactment by the Legislature.
  253         n. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  254  and photographs of current or former impaired practitioner
  255  consultants who are retained by an agency or current or former
  256  employees of an impaired practitioner consultant whose duties
  257  result in a determination of a person’s skill and safety to
  258  practice a licensed profession; the names, home addresses,
  259  telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
  260  the spouses and children of such consultants or their employees;
  261  and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities
  262  attended by the children of such consultants or employees are
  263  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  264  Constitution if a consultant or employee has made reasonable
  265  efforts to protect such information from being accessible
  266  through other means available to the public. This sub
  267  subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act
  268  in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October
  269  2, 2020, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
  270  reenactment by the Legislature.
  271         o. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  272  and photographs of current or former emergency medical
  273  technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401; the
  274  names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
  275  places of employment of the spouses and children of such
  276  emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names and
  277  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
  278  children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are
  279  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  280  Constitution if the emergency medical technicians or paramedics
  281  have made reasonable efforts to protect such information from
  282  being accessible through other means available to the public.
  283  This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset
  284  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
  285  on October 2, 2021, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
  286  through reenactment by the Legislature.
  287         p. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  288  and photographs of current or former personnel employed in an
  289  agency’s office of inspector general or internal audit
  290  department whose duties include auditing or investigating waste,
  291  fraud, abuse, theft, exploitation, or other activities that
  292  could lead to criminal prosecution or administrative discipline;
  293  the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  294  and places of employment of spouses and children of such
  295  personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
  296  facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
  297  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution
  298  if the personnel have made reasonable efforts to protect such
  299  information from being accessible through other means available
  300  to the public. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open
  301  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and
  302  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2021, unless reviewed and
  303  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
  304         3. An agency that is the custodian of the information
  305  specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the
  306  officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in
  307  subparagraph 2. shall maintain the exempt status of that
  308  information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other
  309  person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a
  310  written request for maintenance of the exemption to the
  311  custodial agency.
  312         4. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information
  313  held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the
  314  exemption.
  315         5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
  316  paragraph, this paragraph is subject to the Open Government
  317  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand
  318  repealed on October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from
  319  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
  320         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
  321  necessity to exempt from public records requirements the home
  322  addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of
  323  current or former nonsworn investigative personnel of the Office
  324  of Financial Regulation’s Bureau of Financial Investigations
  325  whose duties include the investigation of fraud, theft, other
  326  related criminal activities, or state regulatory requirement
  327  violations; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates
  328  of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children
  329  of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and
  330  day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel.
  331  The efforts of such personnel can lead to arrests and
  332  prosecutions for crimes up to and including first degree felony
  333  violations and can also result in the loss of commerce and
  334  property, the assessment of monetary fines, or the suspension or
  335  loss of professional licenses. The office has documented
  336  multiple compelling instances of such personnel being threatened
  337  and fearing repercussions as a result of carrying out their
  338  duties. These threats have included weapons being brandished,
  339  verbal threats made to harm them or their family members,
  340  harassment, and intimidation. The Legislature finds that the
  341  release of such personal identifying and location information
  342  might place these nonsworn investigative personnel of the office
  343  and their family members in danger of physical and emotional
  344  harm from disgruntled individuals who have contentious reactions
  345  to actions taken by such personnel, or whose business or
  346  professional practices have come under the scrutiny of such
  347  personnel. The Legislature further finds that the harm that may
  348  result from the release of such personal identifying and
  349  location information outweighs any public benefit that may be
  350  derived from the disclosure of the information.
  351         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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